Course title
330042001
Plant Cultivation

OKUDA Hiroshi
Middle-level Diploma Policy (mDP)
Program / Major mDP Goals
Mechatronics Course DP-4・2 キャリアを見据えた高度な専門知識
機械・電気分野の高度な専門知識を修得し、社会的ニーズに適切に対応した機械・電気システムを設計・開発できる。
Purpose of class
This course aims to develop an understanding of cultivation characteristics, as well as the chemical and physical properties of soil, and the physiological characteristics of crops, animals, and aquatic organisms.
Through practical training, students will acquire fundamental skills in organizing and managing experimental fields and cultivation facilities. In addition, the course aims to cultivate the ability to design and develop teaching materials aligned with textbook topics and instructional units.
Course description
This course aims to provide fundamental knowledge and skills related to the biological cultivation field in lower secondary school technology education.
Specifically, students will learn, through both lectures and practical training, the basic knowledge and techniques required for the cultivation and rearing of crops, animals, and aquatic organisms (including sowing, seedling raising, transplanting, cultivation management, and harvesting).
The course also covers cultivation characteristics, the chemical and physical properties of soil, and the physiological characteristics of crops, animals, and aquatic organisms.
Through practical work, students will acquire basic skills in organizing and managing experimental fields and cultivation facilities, and will develop the ability to create teaching materials aligned with textbook topics and units.
Goals and objectives
  1. Students will be able to understand and explain the chemical and physical properties of soil.
  2. Students will be able to understand and explain the physiological characteristics of crops, animals, and aquatic organisms.
  3. Students will be able to explain methods for organizing and managing basic experimental fields and cultivation facilities.
  4. Students will be able to develop teaching materials corresponding to textbook topics and instructional units.
Relationship between 'Goals and Objectives' and 'Course Outcomes'

Assignment Presentation Reflection sheet Total.
1. 15% 10% 5% 30%
2. 15% 10% 5% 30%
3. 10% 10% 0% 20%
4. 10% 10% 0% 20%
Total. 50% 40% 10% -
Evaluation method and criteria
Students who meet the credit requirements outlined in the syllabus will be evaluated according to the following grading breakdown.A total score of 60 points or higher is required to pass.A score of 60 represents the minimum level of achievement required for this course. Assignments: 50%,Presentation:40%,Reflection Sheet10%.
Language
Japanese
Class schedule

Class schedule HW assignments (Including preparation and review of the class.) Amount of Time Required
1. Guidance Preparation: Reviewing distributed materials 60minutes
Preparation for assignments 130minutes
2. Overview of lower secondary school technology education Preparation: Reviewing distributed materials 60minutes
Preparation for assignments 130minutes
3. Explanation of the chemical and physical properties of soil Preparation: Reviewing distributed materials 60minutes
Preparation for assignments 130minutes
4. Physiological aspects of crops, animals, and aquatic organisms Preparation: Reviewing distributed materials 60minutes
Preparation for assignments 130minutes
5. Explanation of physiological characteristics of crops and animals Preparation: Reviewing distributed materials 60minutes
Preparation for assignments 130minutes
6. Explanation of physiological characteristics of aquatic organisms Preparation: Reviewing distributed materials 60minutes
Preparation for assignments 130minutes
7. Explanation of biotechnology and food production Preparation: Reviewing distributed materials 60minutes
Preparation for assignments 130minutes
8. Explanation of cultivated crops and biotechnology Preparation: Reviewing distributed materials 60minutes
Preparation for assignments 130minutes
9. Explanation of methods for organizing and managing experimental fields and cultivation facilities Preparation: Reviewing distributed materials 60minutes
Preparation for assignments 130minutes
10. Explanation of developing cultivation-related teaching materials Preparation: Reviewing distributed materials 60minutes
Preparation for assignments 130minutes
11. Review of previous lectures and preparation for teaching material development Preparation: Reviewing distributed materials 60minutes
Preparation for assignments 130minutes
12. Preparation for presentations Preparation: Reviewing distributed materials 60minutes
Preparation for assignments 150minutes
13. Group presentations Preparation: Reviewing distributed materials 100minutes
Preparation for Presentation 150minutes
14. Overall summary and peer evaluation of group presentations Preparation: Reviewing Presentation 100minutes
Preparation for Final Assignment 150minutes
Total. - - 2800minutes
Feedback on exams, assignments, etc.
ways of feedback specific contents about "Other"
Feedback in the class
Textbooks and reference materials
・Course of Study for Lower Secondary Schools (Junior High School)
・Commentary on the Course of Study for Lower Secondary Schools: Technology and Home Economics
・Authorized Textbooks for Lower Secondary Schools
Prerequisites
None
Office hours and How to contact professors for questions
  • Appointments:Mondays, 12:30 PM – 1:20 PM.
    Please contact the instructor in advance to schedule a visit.
Regionally-oriented
Non-regionally-oriented course
Development of social and professional independence
  • Course that cultivates an ability for utilizing knowledge
  • Course that cultivates a basic problem-solving skills
Active-learning course
Most classes are interactive
Course by professor with work experience
Work experience Work experience and relevance to the course content if applicable
Applicable This course is taught by an instructor with extensive experience as a science teacher at private junior and senior high schools, specializing in the instruction of project-based research and inquiry-based activities in science and technology, as well as research into ICT integration in education. Leveraging this expertise, the instructor will lecture on the foundational knowledge, mindset, and instructional methods necessary to cultivate the qualities and skills required for science education and the guidance of inquiry-based learning.
Education related SDGs:the Sustainable Development Goals
  • 4.QUALITY EDUCATION
  • 14.LIFE BELOW WATER
  • 15.LIFE ON LAND
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